Andy Parsons leads Adobe’s content authenticity work, overseeing the Content Authenticity Initiative

(CAI) — a global coalition of more than 6,000 members including the Associated Press, The New York

Times, NVIDIA, and Universal Music Group — and representing Adobe on the Steering Committee of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA). His work centers on building open standards and tools that bring transparency, trust, and attribution to digital media through Content Credentials, aprovenance “nutrition label” for content.

A recognized thought leader in the space, Andy was named Technologist of the Year by Fast Company in 2024 and included on the TIME100 AI list of most influential people in AI in 2025. He has been widely quoted in WIRED, MIT Technology Review, Reuters, and others.

Before Adobe, Andy founded Workframe, co-founded Twill Health, and served as CTO of McKinsey’s educational technology group. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts and an M.A. in Jazz Composition from the Manhattan School of Music — and spent years as a professional jazz musician.

Brendan Quinn is a media technology expert and the Managing Director of the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC). With over two decades of experience in media innovation, he has led major projects including the development of the Associated Press’s APVideoHub.com syndication platform, the re-architecture of the BBC’s digital infrastructure, and the implementation of advanced content management systems at the BBC and at Fairfax Media in Australia. His work at IPTC reflects a deep commitment to advancing the global standards and technology frameworks that power the modern media industry, with a particular focus on trust and authenticity.

At Sony, Dan’s responsibilities include business development, corporate development, product development, and innovation management.  He has previously worked on behalf of a diverse set of products, including TV, mobile phone, camera, drone, portable audio, home audio, and biotechnology.

He is a former entertainment lawyer and veteran of multiple technology start ups, as well as worked on Capitol Hill, in political talk radio, and in advertising.  He is licensed to practice law in California and New York.

Dan holds a law degree, an MBA, and a masters in software engineering and is based in the San Francisco, California USA area.

Dima Khilchenko is a media executive with a 15-year track record in media management and countering disinformation. He oversaw the establishment of a multiplatform newsroom for Ukraine’s public broadcaster and has led international media development projects. He is now CTO and CPO at Suspilne, where he is leading the company’s move to sovereign, AI-driven infrastructure. He was elected to the EBU Technical Committee for the 2026–2028 term — the first seat Suspilne Ukraine has held on the committee.

Go Ohtake joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) in 2001 and received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Information Security in 2009. He was a visiting researcher at the University of Calgary in 2015. He is currently Senior Manager of the Internet Service Systems Research Division, NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories. His research focuses on public-key cryptography and its applications to copyright protection and privacy preservation, as well as content provenance technologies such as C2PA.

Kaori Iida leads operational reforms and oversees AI integration across NHK’s newsrooms, helping shape the future of news production and delivery at Japan’s public broadcaster. Before assuming her current role, she served as Senior Commentator, covering tech, finance and trade policies. Prior to that, she led NHK’s Digital News Division, overseeing digital news distribution and social media initiatives across multiple platforms, where she led NHK’s transformation in digital innovation, platform engagement and information integrity. Her previous roles also include business news anchor, editor of NHK’s flagship 9 PM news program, Los Angeles Bureau Chief, and Senior Economic Correspondent in Washington, DC. She has interviewed a wide range of global leaders and innovators – from Elon Musk to Lady Gaga – and has moderated high-level discussions at events hosted by the World Economic Forum and the International Monetary Fund.

Kyrylo Iesin is a Product Manager at Suspilne Media, Ukraine’s public broadcaster, where he leads digital product development across news, radio, and video platforms. He has spent nearly a decade guiding the organization through major technology transformations, launching its flagship news platform, building an agentic data platform, and developing hybrid infrastructure solutions. A tech optimist and content provenance advocate, he is currently focused on implementing the C2PA standard at Suspilne.

Laura Ellis is a technologist and journalist with a focus on disinformation, data, AI and emerging technology. She has led a number of multimedia news teams, delivered a range of innovation, and guided newsrooms through significant technology change. In her current role she takes a particular interest in ethics, personalised and automated journalism, generative AI and media provenance.

Megumi Kawase is a system engineer at Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and has been with the organization for a little over three years. Her primary role involves developing a system to verify and present C2PA provenance data and driving the introduction of C2PA into news production workflows. She also supports AI-based workflow improvements, including speech synthesis, and contributes to countermeasures against generative-AI-enabled misinformation to strengthen transparency and trust in media content.

Therese Quieta heads the Systems Engineering Pillar at the Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS), which leads Singapore’s Online Trust and Safety (OTS) Research Programme to develop and translate innovative technologies for high-impact use cases. She focuses on bridging research-grade technologies into practical solutions, supporting efforts to strengthen Singapore’s OTS ecosystem. Before joining A*STAR, she worked in major private enterprises, where she established and managed software testing teams and infrastructure. Ms. Quieta holds a Master of Engineering degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National University of Singapore. In CATOS, she initiated a collaboration with Adobe, spearheading Singapore’s first web-based C2PA signing system to bridge the gap between content provenance technologies and media operations. She continues to advance provenance solutions and collaborates with international companies on watermarking and labelling technologies to curb online misinformation.

Willy Tan is Lead, AI & Sustainability at Mediacorp. He has been working on harnessing AI to better newsroom capabilities and improve workflow for the past 5 years. His area of focus is building trust and credibility of digital media, with the sea change in news and information increasingly susceptible to AI-generated disinformation. Prior to this, he led the Mediacorp Digital News team in product managing the company’s suite of digital news offerings, including CNA’s award-winning website and apps.